and three-time Grammy-winning artist.

和三屆格萊美獎得主。

He's also the founder of the non-profit SocialWorks.

他也是非營利組織SocialWorks的創始人。

Here is Chance the Rapper. Yeah!

這就是說唱歌手錢斯吔！

That's what I'm talking about. -Hey.

這就是我說的。-嘿

-You look good, bud. You look good. I missed you, man.

-你看起來不錯，夥計。你看起來很好。我很想你，夥計。

-Oh, thanks, man. You look good too.

-哦，謝謝，夥計你看起來也不錯

-I appreciate it. -It's awesome to be back

-我很感激-能回來真是太好了

with you. -Where are you calling us from?

和你在一起-你在哪裡給我們打電話？

Looks like you're in a recording studio?

看來你是在錄音棚裡？

-Yeah, I'm at the studio, just chilling.

-是的，我在攝影棚，只是放鬆一下。

-Is this the studio where you recorded all your stuff or no?

-這是你錄下所有東西的工作室嗎？

-Yeah, this is CRC in Chicago.

-是的，這是芝加哥的CRC。

This is where I have been recording here since 2014.

從2014年開始，我就一直在這裡錄製。

I made "Coloring Book" here. Most of my projects,

我在這裡做了 "著色書"。我的大部分項目。

my Christmas projects, "Surf" this is the spot yeah.

我的聖誕項目，"衝浪 "這是現場耶。

-When you first started out, how did you afford studio time?

-當你剛開始的時候，你是如何負擔工作室的時間的？

-I was in high school when I found this after school program.

-我發現這個課後活動時，我還在上高中。

Or it found me, kinda. I was walking down the street.

或者說它發現了我，有點。我走在街上。

And this guy came out and told me about a free studio

這傢伙出來告訴我一個免費的工作室。

inside the library.

在圖書館內。

And I came in and checked it out and it was a really cool

我進來檢查了一下，這是一個非常酷的。

after school learning center called Umedia,

課後學習中心叫Umedia。

and the guy who brought me in was called Brother Mike.

帶我進來的人叫邁克哥。

He became my mentor.

他成了我的導師。

A lot of kids in Chicago, a lot of people --

芝加哥有很多孩子，很多人... ...

well, they're adults now.

好了，他們是成年人了。

but a lot of the people that I work with

但很多和我一起工作的人...

all came out of that same program.

都是出自同一個項目。

Yeah, they had a free studio. So I just -- yeah, right.

是的，他們有一個免費的工作室。所以我只是... ... 是的，沒錯。

-Have you always gone by Chance the Rapper?

-你一直都叫 "說唱歌手錢斯 "嗎？

-No. So, well, it was --

-不，所以，這是...

It actually, when I was in high school,

其實，在我上高中的時候。

I used to go by Chano. It was a terrible name.

我以前叫查諾這是一個可怕的名字。

And when Twitter first game out,

而當Twitter第一場比賽出。

this girl that was a friend of mine,

這個女孩，是我的一個朋友。

made a twitter for me and made me Chance the Rapper

為我做了一個twitter，讓我成為說唱歌手Chance。

and I was like, okay, I will just go with that.

我當時想，好吧，我就用這個。

-No way, I love hearing that. -Yeah.

-不可能，我喜歡聽這個-是啊

-Do you remember when you wrote your first rap?

-你還記得你第一次寫饒舌歌的時間嗎？

-Well, when I first started out, I started making poetry first.

-好吧，當我剛開始的時候，我先開始做詩。

Really I first started as a dancer, right?

真的，我是以舞蹈家的身份開始的，對吧？

And then fourth grade, we did this thing called

然後四年級的時候，我們做了這件事，叫作

The Young Author's Project.

青年作家計劃。

But we did it every year, and this year,

但我們每年都這樣做，而今年。

I decided to do a book of poems,

我決定做一本詩集。

and I liked it and I had never written poetry before.

我喜歡它，我以前從來沒有寫過詩。

But I just -- out of nowhere, I just decided to start doing it,

但我只是... ... 無處不在，我只是決定開始做。

and then soon after that I fell in love with hip-hop.

然後不久之後，我就愛上了嘻哈。

And then I started recording and when I was probably 14,

然後我開始錄音，當我大概14歲的時候。

My cousin had his own studio that I got to go to

我表哥有自己的工作室，我可以去他的工作室

once or twice and I recorded two songs there.

一兩次，我在那裡錄了兩首歌。

And I just always loved it and always was like,

我只是一直喜歡它，一直是喜歡。

this is going to be my thing.

這將是我的事情。

But the first rap I wrote was probably -- I know what it was.

但我寫的第一首說唱可能是... 我知道是什麼。

It was a song called the Black Definition.

那是一首歌，叫《黑定義》。

And I do not want to rap it right now.

而我現在不想說唱它。

But yeah I remember, I've been writing songs for a long time,

不過是的，我記得，我已經寫了很久的歌了。

since I was a kid. -Yeah, was everyone supportive

因為我是一個孩子。-是啊，大家都很支持我

of you growing up, wanting to be a rapper?

你長大了，想成為一個說唱歌手？

-Uh, I don't know if they were supportive of it.

-呃，我不知道他們是否支持它。

But it was understand.

但它是明白的。

It was a thing that people knew that I rapped.

大家都知道我說唱是一件事。

Like, since I was a kid. And that was just a thing

就像，因為我是一個孩子。而這只是一件事

I was into and I moved my hands and stuff.

我是進，我動了手什麼的。

I don't know. It was weird. Yeah, my dad actually really --

我不知道。這是奇怪的。是啊，我爸其實真的...

right when I got out of high school, we kind of --

當我走出高中， 我們種 -

you know, as parents do when their kids graduate

你知道的，就像父母在孩子畢業時做的那樣。

from high school and they don't go to college or get a job,

從高中畢業，他們不上大學或找工作。

it's kind of like a friction thing.

這有點像一個摩擦的事情。

-Sure. -Yeah, but after we separated

-是的，但在我們分開之後...

for a while, he came -- we got back together

一會兒，他來了 -- 我們又在一起了。

and he really helped, you know, just guide me in terms of

他真的幫助，你知道，只是指導我在方面的

the amount of work and focus that I needed to work on it

我所需要的工作量和專注度。

from a business side.

從業務方面來看。

And he still is doing that to this day.

而他至今仍在做著這樣的事情。

But yeah, the beginning, my dad did not want me to be a rapper.

但是，是的，一開始，我爸不想讓我成為一個說唱歌手。

-It's like telling your parents you want to be a comedian.

-這就像告訴你的父母你想成為一個喜劇演員。

They're like, no. Anything but that.

他們很喜歡，沒有。任何事情，但這一點。

No, you can't do that. But -- looking at you now, man.

不，你不能這樣做。但是... ... 看著你現在，男人。

You have been crushing it.

你一直在壓制它。

I got to say, you never stopped working

我不得不說，你從未停止過工作

since I first was introduced to you.

自從我第一次被介紹給你之後

You have a top-ten song with Justin Bieber.

你和賈斯汀-比伯有一首前十名的歌曲。

You have done three virtual concerts.

你已經做了三場虛擬音樂會。

The virtual concert, this is amazing.

虛擬音樂會，這是驚人的。

It's cool that you're doing these things.

你能做這些事真好。

And thank you for doing these things.

謝謝你做這些事情。

-Thank you, man. -You did one for --

-謝謝你，夥計-你做了一個...

you said the mix was just for car speakers.

你說過這個組合只是為了汽車喇叭。

-Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like -- I don't know.

是啊，是啊，是啊。 這就像 - 我不知道。這就像 - 我不知道。

I have been taking this virtual concert thing really seriously.

我一直在認真對待虛擬音樂會這件事。

I put a lot of time into -- not just writing the story

我花了很多時間在... 不僅僅是寫故事的時候

Around it or shooting it but also in the mix.

圍繞它或拍攝它，但也在混。

Just in the audio, spending days and days

只是在音訊中，花了幾天時間

trying to make it sound, you know, robust

試圖讓它聽起來，你知道，強大的。

And like a studio album versus a big room or something.

而像錄音室專輯與大房間什麼的。

And so we mixed the last one for the ride there,

於是我們混上了最後一程去了。

the one that's in the car. Yeah, it's a mix, to be --

一個是在車上。 - 是的，這是一個混合，是...是啊，這是一個混合，是 -

you know, listened to in the car.

你知道，在車上聽的。

It sounds good. Try it. -I love that, man.

這聽起來不錯。試試吧-我喜歡這樣，夥計

That's taking it to the next level.

這是把它帶到了一個新的水準。

No I want it to sound great if you're in a car.

不，我希望它的聲音很好，如果你在車上。

This is perfect for this.

這是最適合的。

I want to talk about some of the other cool things you're doing,

我想談談你正在做的其他一些很酷的事情。

in addition to being a talented artist,

除了是一個天才的藝術家。

you're also a very good activist.

你也是一個非常好的活動家。

You were named to billboard's 2020 R&B Hip-Hop Power Players,

你入選了billboard的2020年R&B Hip-Hop Power Players。

in the year of activism, congratulations on that.

在行動主義年，恭喜你。

Your organization, SocialWorks recently launched its

貴組織SocialWorks最近推出了其

Warmest Winter initiative. What is that?

最暖冬行動。是什麼呢？

-Yeah, so Warmest Winter is actually something we have been

-是啊，所以最暖和的冬天其實是我們已經

doing for, this is I think our fifth year,

做的，這是我認為我們的第五年。

and it's basically a series of events

基本上是一連串的事件

that start around November, around right now,

11月左右開始的，大約現在。

and go through the beginning of March.

並持續到3月初。

And it's just a series of events and initiatives that we do

而這只是我們所做的一系列活動和舉措。

that target the homeless and sometimes specifically

以無家可歸者為目標，有時特別是

the homeless youth in Chicago.

芝加哥的無家可歸青年。

And it's -- you know, we do warming centers.

而這... ... 你知道，我們做的溫暖中心。

There is always a big thing, which we're pivoting this year,

總有一件大事，這是我們今年的中樞。

called the Night at the Museum.

稱為 "博物館之夜"。

Where we have, like a huge -- we take over the

在那裡，我們有，像一個巨大的... ... 我們接管了。

Museum of Science and Industry, and this year specifically,

科學與工業博物館，而今年具體。

we added a couple events and kind of pivoted away from

我們增加了幾個事件，並有點偏離了。

some of the -- you know, big person events.

一些 - 你知道，大人物事件。

And we're doing actually a Turkey give away.

而我們正在做的其實是一個火雞贈送。

I think it's next weekend, and yeah,

我想是下個週末，是的。

we have a bunch of different spots around the city

我們在城市裡有很多不同的地方。

that we're starting to do -- we've actually never taken

我們開始做 - 我們實際上從來沒有采取過

part in the Turkey giveaways.

在土耳其贈品的一部分。

We do a lot of other kind of events.

我們做了很多其他類型的活動。

But we're trying to like start it to it early

但是，我們試圖像開始它的早期它

and just give back, because of the climate

而只是回饋，因為氣候

with the pandemic and everything.

與大流行病和一切。

-Dude, never stop, man. I think it's so cool.

-夥計，永遠不要停，夥計我覺得這太酷了

You always, since day once, you always give back.

你總是，從曾經的一天開始，你總是在回報。

The Turkey give away, if you want information on that go to

火雞贈送，如果你想了解這方面的資訊，請到

socialworkschi.org.

socialworkschi.org。

It is very, very cool what you're doing. I love that.

你做的事非常非常酷。我喜歡這樣

Give away those Turkeys. -Thanks, man.

把那些火雞送走-謝謝你，夥計